COLUMNISTS

By Joseph Bossa Equitably distributing the nation’s resources is a moral and political imperative for the government In an on Sept. 16 on the Sunday Monitor, Henry Ssekaalo, the first Ugandan professor of Chemistry at Makerere University was perplexed that professors take home a maximum of Shs 3 million which …

By Aryeh Neier Violent attacks on US diplomatic outposts across North Africa and the Middle East have once again raised the question of how to respond when Americans and other Westerners engage in provocative expression that others consider blasphemous. Though the attack on the US diplomatic mission in Benghazi, in …

By Henry Zakumumpa New developments in Kenya dispel the assumption that Uganda has a comparative advantage in the education sector I recently returned from a regional Universities Conference at Kenyatta University in Nairobi supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Besides noticing the magnificent Chinese-built multilane Thika highway in …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Donors who cut aid to Kigali inadvertently made it discover a new aspect of its potential – citizen solidarity When the governments of United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands and Germany cut aid to Rwanda three months ago, I was among those who did not shed a …

By Prof Mahmood Mamdani Only a misguided doctor is reluctant to name the disease for fear of offending the patient Moses Khisa’s “Response to Prof. Mamdani: The Assumption that Makerere has not contributed to scholarship is gratuitous” (The Independent Issue 229, Aug.31) reproduces some of the logic that has led …

By Richard Hasunira, Lydia Mulwanyi-Mukombe and Moses Supercharger Nsubuga The Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST) must expedite approval of its demonstration protocol In a recent public statement (see “Gileads phony consensus on PrEP”, The Independent, Aug.18), the American-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), which specialises in HIV treatment, …

By Keyu Jin It’s time to focus away from global imbalances to the divergence in world savings behavior Ever since the integration of emerging markets into the global economy began in the early 1990’s, three striking trends have emerged: a divergence in private savings rates between the industrialised core and …

By John Dupré Ironically, the discovery of DNA’s structure has weakening belief in their role in biological development Those who believe that a supernatural being created the universe have never posed an intellectual challenge to evolutionary theory. But creationists, whether biblical fundamentalists or believers in “intelligent design,” do pose a …

By Andrew M. Mwenda How commission agents have used the media and turned the procurement process in Uganda into a circus It is now highly probable that the US$ 2 billion tendering process for the 600MW hydro electricity dam at Karuma will be declared a `mis-procurement’. If this happens, I …

By Dan Kimosho The problem is not scarcity of but inefficiency of some drugs managers For some time there has been widespread condemnation of the government by the public over poor medical services in Uganda, much of it attributed to shortage of drugs in government aided hospitals and other health …